Is Barack Obama the King of Pop?
There are still Americans who want to define Mr Obama by comparing him with someone else ? particularly some other black man, writes Gary Silverman
Summits that cap the west?s decline
The rebalancing of global power was never going to be easy for the west but the speed of the turnround has been breathtaking, says Philip Stephens
US human rights report criticises China
The state department?s annual report on human rights lists China as a nation where conditions remain ?extremely poor?, alongside Syria, Iran and North Korea
?Obamacare? ruling poses GOP challenge
The party will have to offer a popular alternative if the law is struck down when the Supreme Court imminently releases its ruling